Genesis 21:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

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  • Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
  • Gen 26:23 : 23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
  • Josh 15:28 : 28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 ¶ Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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    32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

    33¶ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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    31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

    32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

    33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.

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    29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

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    14Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, [it is] between Kadesh and Bered.

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    20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

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    22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

    23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

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    23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

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    27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

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    14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

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    25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

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    7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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    17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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